Cultivator-fender support



{NO Model.)

Patehted Feb. 9, 1892.

WITNESSES.

=IIVVENTOR ATTORNEY GlEUBGlE W. HUDDLESTON, OF THORNTOWN, INDIANA.

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ennnnmtoenren filming pert mines that na 2c, 1291.

of Letters Patent No. 468,418, dated February 9, 1892.

rein in. 294,369. (ll'o model.)

inventien rel'ites to fill improved device ,jnstnbly supporting a, plant or clod er the plow or plows of e onltivntor. ct my iniprevenient ieto provide edjnetnhlv snpportingr the fender newly desired height ehove the surface of the ground in snch n manner their the downirertl movement el the fender will be limited, while it is still ree he move upward to edjnst itself in the ineqnelities ot" the surface,

lhe eccornpenying tire-Wings illustrate my 'n'tion.

gure l represents ti side elevation showir n15 device position on e cnltivetoiu 2; ii in n elevation oi the opposite side ct my device on at larger scale. Fig. 3 is a view right angles ie that shown in Fig. 2. in the drawings, All is e bracket having a iiired jetr B and e movable jam (3, which is mounted on n scren 'thrended extension D of the tired is ndj usted thereon byinenns e l nnt E. lP'ivoted to snid hrnclret sees to thereon in vcrticel plane is e bent lever l5, which is ndjnstebly held in position reletively to the brnclret by n pnvvl G, which pivnteil at one end to the lever and engages en; the other end either cl. e series of notches ll, formed in the rnoper edge of bracket A. li nwl ii is controlled and operated by a. griplever l and linlr From the lower end of lever l e link ii is suspended, having at its lower end a clenip N, which is adapted to grasp and hold the shank U of the fender P, which is pivoted to the plow-beam P; at S, and is zlll'ei sell in extend backward elongsitle the plows elf the cultivator in the usual Will i n own in tn e r.

In operation the bracket A is secured to the plow-beam R or some other fixed portion of the cultivator by means of the jaws B and C, and link J is connected with the shank of the fender by means of the clamp N. By means of the lever F the fender may now be raised and held suspended any required distance above the ground-surface, so that in plowing at greater or less amount of earth may pass from the plows beneath plants, the fender being at the same time free to rise in passing over clods or other incqnalh ties.

I claim as my invention- 1. The shove-describedfender-support,con sisting of the bracket adapted to be detachebly secured to e fixed portion of a. cnltivntorframe, as the plow-beam, the bent lever pivotedtc said bracket so as to swing in a, vertical plane thereon, the pawl pivoted to said lever and arranged to engage said bracket, andihe link pivoted to the lower end of the lever and provided at its opposite end with a, clamp, all combined and arranged to co-oper etc with each other and with the fender of e cultivator, substantially as set forth.

2. The opmbination, with the plow-beam and plows of a cultivator, of a fender pivoted to the plow-beam so as to swing in e vertical plane thereon, a bracket secured to the plowheem, a lever pivoted to the bracket so as to swing in a vertical plane thereon, a. pawl pivoted to the lever and arranged to engage the bracket, and a. link pivoted at. one endto'thc lower end of the lever and secured at the other end to the fender, all arranged to comecrate substantially es set forth, whereby the fender is edjustably supported, as set forth.

GEORGE W. HUDDLES'ION.

Witnesses:

O. B. Bmnnn, Josnrn FLANIGAN.

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